Willow Freeway – Cleveland OH

City:
Cleveland, OH

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

“In May 1935 planning for the Willow Freeway began and WPA funds were committed to the project; construction commenced in 1938, with the building of the first “cloverleaf” interchange in the state. The cloverleaf, completed 21 Oct. 1940 at a cost of $1.175 million, brought the new highway (Rt. 21) over Brookpark/Schaaf/Granger roads (Rt. 17) …”

Source notes

https://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=WF1

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 30, 2016.

Location Info


Rt. 21 at Rt. 17
Cleveland, OH

Coordinates: 41.414048, -81.640569

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